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Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by imustbeevil on Monday January 08, 2018 @09:43AM (#16096992)
They can't make a cool 500 million from adding a row in their Users table for currency.
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Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by maksimum on Monday January 08, 2018 @12:18PM (#16098193)
I don't know if you've heard of the d2jsp forum. But the site's owner (he's essentially a 1-man operation) made a probably $10M+ by doing just that. Not sure whether this is possible (or optimal in terms of growth rate) at Telegram's scale.
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Re:Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocu... by natalyarostova on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:35PM (#16099506)
Hah, d2jsp... Haven't heard that name in a long long time.
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